Hi all, I was thinking of parsing live scores from a web site via PHP and them use them for an application I am planning to implement, so my question is is it legal to do that, parse info from web site and use it ? If I quote the source if the info ?
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A:
It is only legal if you do it according to their terms and conditions.
Usually its asking them first and then giving credit to where it is due.
Jonathan Czitkovics
2010-05-13 15:35:26
To add: Major League Baseball sued companies who were merely watching games on TV and transmitting live scores to cell phones as a service. They argued that live updates can be viewed as a rebroadcast of their games! If it's a major sporting league that you intend to do this with, I'd suggest you lawyer up ahead of time.
webbiedave
2010-05-13 15:54:17